Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

He’s proud to say that Bard’s MBA in Sustainability is the only one on offer at Bard; in his view, the “conventional” MBA – that either ignores sustainability or treats it as a nice-to-have elective – belongs in the history books. The Bard program also wants to upend demographic trends.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment. EE: There’s a general concern about greenwashing and the dissonance between what many companies say they believe about ESG issues and what they are actually doing. And what can investors do about it?

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ESG Today

JUNE 9, 2024

This week in ESG news: Deloitte study finds over 70% of companies have abandoned M&A deals over ESG concerns; CDP launches new sustainability reporting platform; EU regulators call for action on greenwashing in financial sector; H&M warns against use of carbon credits in corporate net zero plans; Climeworks unveils carbon removal tech breakthrough; (..)

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 12, 2022

It’s not easy to determine whether these projects represent corporate greenwashing, a new twist on luxury accommodation or some kind of genuine improvement. “For those of us focused on the climate crisis, there’s a higher bar, to have a building that doesn’t use any fossil fuels.”.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Under the initiative, passengers will be able to see standardized information on the carbon footprint of flights in the EU when booking trips online. Indeed, several airlines have been accused or charged with greenwashing over unclear or misleading claims on emissions and environmental impact in recent months.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

From an emissions standpoint, Climate Week 2020 may go in the books as the greenest of all time. . Because yahoos such as me write critical columns about how they’re greenwashing or failing to do enough. Sessions and panels were virtual. There were no breakfast buffets. People presumably drank alone instead of mingling at happy hours.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.” The domestic Indonesian carbon market will be linked to ACX’s international client order book. Indonesia has committed to a net zero emission target by 2060.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU adopts new law against greenwashing; Walmart reaches 1 billion ton supply chain emissions reduction milestone; S&P forecasts $1 trillion sustainable bond market in 2024; Airbus, TotalEnergies launch sustainable aviation fuel partnership; Verizon invests $1 billion in renewable energy; EU lawmakers agree to certification (..)

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The company also announced that it has begun showing customers booking flights on its website or app an estimate of the flight’s carbon footprint, with indications of lower carbon options based on itinerary. It’s not about offsets or things that are just greenwashing. This fund is unique.

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ESG Today

JUNE 26, 2022

Australian Securities Regulator Warns it’s on the Lookout for Greenwashing. ESG Data Platform ESG Book Raises $35 Million. UK Launches “Green Nudge” Initiative to Encourage Sustainable Investment Choices. Canada Moves to Eliminate Single Use Plastics. ESG Reporting & Disclosure. UK Pensions Required to Disclose 1.5°C

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Martin Brown

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We will launch the playbook at a Zoom Regenerative World Book Day special on Tuesday 1st March where you will find out how to read and get your copy. If you have seen the beautiful Anti-Greenwash Playbook that Content Comms launched at COP26 then you will be aware of the ability that these small books have to open conversations.

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ESG Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Fossielvrij campaigner Hiske Arts said: “Today’s judgment is a landmark victory in the fight against greenwashing. KLM’s “green” marketing creates a misplaced trust that even if you are worried about the climate crisis, you can board a plane reassured you are not harming the planet. KLM stopped using the advertising prior to the trial.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This might be utopian, but scientific research and entire books such as Project Drawdown and its sequel, Regeneration , are full of regenerative solutions. There are more and more solutions available around the world, but beware, some might be some greenwashing. Turn this negative energy to action.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

SLBs have previously been accused of acting as a “platform for greenwashing”, with the proceeds not specifically having to be used for sustainable causes as is the case with green bonds. The CBI also keeps a close eye on greenwashing. Green bonds in euro book cover saw average oversubscription at 3.6

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Principles, which cover credits, are designed to pre-empt UK government regulation, as concerns about greenwashing grow.

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Just Capital

JUNE 2, 2022

The title of his book pulls no punches: “ The Man Who Broke Capitalism : How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America – and How to Undo His Legacy.”. This is a book about a man, but it’s really a book about a system. Well, I think you used such an important word there, which is “purpose.”

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

The two ratios are expected to create pressure for banks to adopt more sustainable business strategies and help stamp out greenwashing. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final standards for how European banks will have to disclose their contribution to the region’s climate targets.

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ESG Today

JULY 12, 2023

This disconnect between sustainability targets and business models may well explain why terms like greenwashing, greenwishing and greenhushing [1] have taken hold. A world of (sustainable) growth: A third view is one that economist Tyler Cowen sets out in his book Stubborn Attachments.

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy was designed to accelerate the flow of money into green companies and projects, while simultaneously protecting investors from greenwashing accusations. Our analysis also shows that financial companies appear to overestimate the share of their loans and investments on their books that are covered by the Taxonomy.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. Read the “The case for impact” by Sonja Haut: A must-read practical book full of references and advices written by a corporate practitioner.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

There’s a lot of talk about greenwashing with all of these financial institutions pledging to meet net-zero by 2050 … I am working to get financial institutions to actually take action on their net-zero commitments.” that works to phase out global coal power generation.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

As such, sustainable investors have what we call style tilts, or a high concentration in the growth investment style, in their public equity books,” said Byrns. According to Byrns, the KPIs incorporated into the Global Sustainable Value strategy are important to tackle any hint of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Concerns over greenwashing have accelerated efforts by regulators and standard setters to develop and introduce more robust forms of disclosure and measurement to the burgeoning ESG investing market, he suggests.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The launch of a new book on responsible investment in the fixed income markets this week may help to mobilise this latent capacity for change. With ClimateAction 100+ actively reviewing its strategy, we may see a more balanced approach to investor engagement in the future. .

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Just Capital

MARCH 10, 2022

” Now, we all know what greenwashing is, right? So brown-spinning is basically where the pressure on publicly traded companies is becoming so heavy that they are looking at their highest emitting assets and basically saying, “You know what, I’m just going to sell them, get them off my books.

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Steven Mintz

JUNE 5, 2024

Moderator: Joan Lee, Fairfield University The Effect of Public Criticism on Corporate Greenwashing Leting Liu, University of Toronto – Rotman, Ontario, Canada (Presenter) Discussant: W. Cynthia chronicles her experiences at WorldCom and lessons learned in her book, Extraordinary Circumstances: Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower.

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But declining confidence in institutions, the proliferation of certification programs, and confusion driven by corporate greenwashing all make it harder for businesses that do the right thing to stand out. backed by credible action?—?is is critical to winning over these audiences. This is where trusted certifications play a role.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

He also put pressure on other companies to begin the transition towards decarbonization, “Those companies that set goals for 2050 but not 2030 are indeed practicing greenwashing.” Mark Lewis from BNP Paribas Asset Management discussed the encouraging movement among asset owners to decarbonize.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

From Kyoto to TikTok Over the last half-century, Big Oil’s spin doctors have used every trick in the book to keep the public on side. Cancelling oil industry greenwash There’s a growing consensus that the PR companies involved in greenwashed campaigns need to be held to account. But efforts are ramping up to shut it down.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 11, 2024

But in his latest book, Nader has taken a different tack. election) about his latest book. You’ve written a lot of books. How they operate in a very autocratic top-down manner, they sup- press free speech in their companies, and engage in the mistreatment of workers and consumers and greenwashing of environmental issues.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s fascinating to see the mining industry trying to capitalize on these disasters to justify even more greenwashed destructive projects,” he says. He wrote Pollinator Man , a children’s book that teaches readers about different environmental issues and how they can be part of the solution.

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ESG Today

JULY 23, 2023

Cities Government & Regulators Australia to Launch Decarbonization Plans for Key Sectors Biden Launches $20 Billion Climate and Clean Tech Project Financing Programs Australia Releases Rules for Sustainability Claims to Fight Greenwashing by Companies ESG Reporting & Disclosure Norway’s $1.3

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We’ve globalized culture (films, books, TV series) and supply chains. Professor Yilin Shi (a CSRHub subscriber) reported evidence that many companies may be “greenwashing” their supply chains. SOURCE: CSRHub. DESCRIPTION: As previously seen on Skytop Strategies , published with permission. How to Globalize ESG Data.

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Just Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2023

JUST Capital CEO Martin Whittaker speaking on the “Defending your ESG Credibility: Protecting Your Business From Greenwashing” panel at the Moral Money Summit. It’s a combination of action and communication. You do need both and one can’t outstrip the other.”

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Just Capital

JUNE 10, 2022

For more on the book, read our interview with Gelles. “We The Financial Times chronicles “ how ESG came to a reckoning ,” unpacking the rapidly growing partisan pushback and why the DWS/Deutsche Bank “greenwashing” raid and the war in Ukraine should be a wake up call to the industry to increase clarity, standardization, and accountability.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 15, 2022

Greenwashing is very real and many companies are doing too little, too slowly. The book ‘ A European Just Transition for a Better World ’ is a rich resource for more examples of this regenerative approach. Look for good business examples to inspire just transition policies. Powerful companies continue to lobby against climate policies.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They just give more than they take, a concept explained by Paul Polman ‘s Net Positive book. Two events will increase corporate Net-zero programs credibility and separate climate action from pure greenwashing: The launch of the first science-based Net-Zero standard by SBTi. Paul Polman, former Unilever CEO.

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